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== British Petroleum ==
== British Petroleum ==
During the first 100 days of the [[Obama administration]] the [[Department of the Interior]]’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) granted BP’s lease at Deepwater Horizon a “categorical exclusion” from a detailed environmental impact analysis under the [[National Environmental Policy Act]], according to the ''[[Washington Post]].''<ref>U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study,] Juliet Eilperin, ''Washington Post,'' 5 May 2010.</ref>
During the first 100 days of the [[Obama administration]] the [[Department of the Interior]]’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) granted BP’s lease at Deepwater Horizon a “categorical exclusion” from a detailed environmental impact analysis under the [[National Environmental Policy Act]], according to the ''[[Washington Post]].''<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404118.html U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study,] Juliet Eilperin, ''Washington Post,'' 5 May 2010.</ref> BP's exploration plan received in the Administration's MMS field office on 23 March 2009 states "no mitigation measures other than those required by regulation and BP policy will be employed to avoid, diminish or eliminate potential impacts on environmental resources." It declared any spill would only have "sub-lethal" effects on fish and marine mammals and but that it was "unlikely that an accidental oil spill would occur from the proposed activities."<ref>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/initial_exploration_plan050410.pdf</ref>
As Senator and while running for president, [[Obama]] received a total of $77,051 from British Petroleum (BP)<ref>http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BP?view=detail&siteid=nwhwk</ref> and is the top recipient of BP Political Action Committee and individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records.
As Senator and while running for president, [[Obama]] received a total of $77,051 from British Petroleum (BP)<ref>http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BP?view=detail&siteid=nwhwk</ref> and is the top recipient of BP Political Action Committee and individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records.